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Biomechanics of Soft Tissues
Introduction 1. Soft tissues include skin, cardiovascular tissues, articular cartilage, muscles, tendons and ligaments. All soft tissues are composite materials. Collagen…
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Biomechanics of Bone
Introduction Bone is a living tissue capable of altering its shape and mechanical behaviour by changing its structure to withstand…
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Bio signal Processing
Biological signals, or bio signals, are space, time, or space-time records of a biological event such as a beating heart…
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Biopotential Measurements
Biopotential measurements are made using different kinds of specialized electrodes. The function of these recording electrodes is to couple the…
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Biomedical Sensors
Introduction Diagnostic bioinstrumentation is used routinely in clinical medicine and biological research for measuring a wide range of physiological variables.…
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Bioinstrumentation
Introduction This chapter provides basic information about bioinstrumentation and electric circuit theory used in other chapters. Many biomedical instruments use…
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Biochemical Reactions and Enzyme Kinetics
Chemical Reactions Consider the following single-stage chemical reaction in which chemicals A and B react to form the product P,…
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Compartmental Modelling
Introduction Compartmental modelling describes the movement of a substance from one compartment to another. Its origins are based on the…
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Biological Considerations
Stem Cells It is now thought that essentially all tissues contain stem cell populations that can produce cellular progeny that…
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Hepatic, Neural, and Cardiovascular Cell Therapies
Other forms of cell therapies are being developed to treat complex tissues such as the liver, brain, and heart. It…
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Cartilage and Chondrocytes
Cartilage is an unusual tissue in that it is avascular, alymphatic, and aneural. It consists mostly of extracellular matrix in…
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Skin and Vascular Grafts
Skin is a highly proliferative and regenerative tissue. It consists of two main layers: the dermis, whose main cellular components…
